David Calliham (bef. 1724 - 1784)

Born before 5 May 1724 in Surry County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Joyce) Calliham — married 1750 in Virginia Colony, North America

Descendants

Died 1784 after age 59 in District 96, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

David served in the Revolutinary War first as a substitute for his father and a second term in his own stead.^[1]

David Calliham was born about 1730 in Lunenburg County, British Colony of Virginia, North America, the son of Nicholas Calliham and Joyce Weaver Calliham.

David married Elizabeth Unknown who was born circa 1725 in Virginia Colony and died in 1798 in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. They were married before 1754 in Virginia. David and Elizabeth had the following children, including four sons:^[2][3]

1. Jane Calliham b. abt 1752, VA, m. Samuel Scott, b. abt 1750, Edgefield Co, SC, (son of John Scott). Jane died bet 1799/1809, Edgefield Co, SC.
2. William Calliham b. abt 1752, Lunenburg County, VA, d. 1804.
3. Joel Calliham b. 1754, Pittsylvania County, VA, m. Elizabeth Scott (daughter of John Scott) d. 1824, SC. Joel died 1847, Spartanburg County, SC.
4. John Calliham b. ca 1756, m. Lucy May. John died bef 12-Dec-1825.
5. Joyce Calliham b. abt 1750-1758, VA, m. abt 1775/1776, in SC or VA, Joseph Thomas.
6. Elizabeth Calliham b. abt 1759, Lunenburg County, VA, m. (1) Ebenezer Starnes, m. (2) James Thomas.
7. Susannah Calliham b. abt 1764/1765, Lunenburg County, VA, m. abt 1785, in VA, Absalom Griffin, b. 21 Sep 1748, (son of Thomas Griffin) d.1833, Adams County, MS. Susannah died 1807/8, Adams County, MS.
8. David Calliham Jr. b. 1766, m. Mary Young. David died 05-May-1833.

David migrated from Lunenburg, Virginia to Craven County, Province of South Carolina. He would later move further west into the newly opened lands added to District 96, South Carolina, which were originally part of the Cherokee Nation. This area is now known as Abbeville County, South Carolina.

By 1774, David's sons, Joel and John, were in the Wautauga Settlement which at that time was part of the Carolina Charter but belonged to the Cherokee. The land was ceded to Virginia but would later be considered part of North Carolina and eventually be granted to Tennessee after efforts to establish the Independent State of Franklin there failed. David's other two sons, David and William (who was born while David lived in South Carolina), remained in South Carolina with their father. After the Revolutionary War, John and Joel migrated back to South Carolina and rejoined the family. David's son, David Jr., went to Mississippi Territory before 1800. His mother went with him. She died in Adams, Mississippi in 1800. David Jr.'s descendants migrated to Louisiana. John, who was with his brother Joel for years, eventually went to Louisiana as well. He married Lucy May. Joel's son, John later joined them in Louisiana and died there in 1858.

David remained in District 96, South Carolina. He is known for having built Price's Mill, also known as Callihan's or Callaham’s Mill, Stone’s Mill, and Park's Mill. It is a water-powered gristmill about two miles east of the town of Parksville on South Carolina Highway 33-138 (Price's Mill Road) at Stevens Creek in McCormick County. It is listed in the USGS Geographic Names Information System as Prices Mill. It was was named to the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1972. At that time, it was one of the few remaining water-powered gristmills in South Carolina. ^[4]

David died in 1784 in District 96, South Carolina, United States in the area presently known as Abbeville County. ^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension, David Callaham
2. ↑ Callahams from Pendleton County, South Carolina Robert Z. Callaham
3. ↑ Archives Callahan
4. ↑ Prices Mill
5. ↑ Virginia Library
6. ↑ History of the Callaham and Carwile Families Stevens Creek.

See also:

• The Calliham Family of South Carolina
• Cooke Genealogy 7th Generation
• The History of the Callaham and Carwile Families of Stevens Creek by Anna Deihls Callahan, Delmar Publishers, 1976, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized 3 Jul 2007, 493 pages
• History of Edgefield County from the earliest settlement to 1897 by John Chapman
• First Families of Edgefield County